DECERTIFY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

decertify

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Definition of decertify

as in to invalidate

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Recent Examples of decertify But this 764-page piece of legislation does a myriad of other things, including creating a statewide system to decertify police officers who engage in serious misconduct. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026 Key accomplishments included a bill that created the first statewide process to decertify police officers who commit wrongdoing. — Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Employees at the Wells Fargo branch in Casper, Wyoming, also filed a petition last week to decertify the union. — Chase Jordan april 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026 And then also, the state board has voted to decertify him as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer in Alabama. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decertify

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Among them is a law passed by the Kansas legislature which retroactively invalidated the driver’s licenses of trans people and prohibited them from using rest rooms that align with their gender identity.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The city extended the cutoff age to 35, for one year only, in 2011, to account for a judge’s decision to invalidate the entrance exam a year earlier.

— John Annese, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of invalidate

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Woodward filed the department’s May 13 lawsuit seeking to nullify disciplinary proceedings against former DOJ official and Trump ally Jeffrey Clark.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026
Voters also are torn about the two ballot measures designed to nullify it.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of nullify

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Sorry, but that does not disqualify you from ridiculing a quarterback for being melodramatic.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
As part of his request for a trial through post-conviction relief, Kohberger seeks to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler of Idaho’s 4th Judicial District, who oversaw his case once it was moved out of Moscow down to Boise.

— Kevin Fixler September 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

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